Best Lamb Meatball Sandwiches Recipes

MEDITERRANEAN LAMB MEATBALL SANDWICHES WITH YOGURT SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine onion, mint, and garlic in a food processor; process until minced. Add lamb, paprika, cumin, salt, and pepper; process until smooth.
• Form 1 1/2 teaspoon of the lamb mixture into a ball. Repeat with remaining lamb mixture to make 20 meatballs.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet with cooking spray.
• Fill a large skillet with 1/4 inch of oil; heat over medium heat until bubbles form around the end of a wooden spoon dipped into the oil. Add half of the meatballs; cook until browned, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Transfer to the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining meatballs.
• Bake meatballs in the preheated oven until center is no longer pink, about 10 minutes.
• Mix yogurt, tahini, and lemon juice together in a bowl to make yogurt sauce.
• Place 2 to 3 tablespoons yogurt sauce in a line down the center of each sheet of lavash. Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of feta cheese, 1/4 cup of lettuce, 2 tablespoons of tomato, 2 tablespoons of cucumber, and 5 meatballs. Fold up one end and sides of the lavash to roll into wraps.

LAMB MEATBALL SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Mix meatball ingredients into a bowl.
• Form 2-inch diameter sized meatballs with your fingers (this recipe yields 12-15 golf ball-sized meatballs) Line up the meatballs on a baking sheet, and pop in the oven.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked through.
• While meatballs are baking, mix all of the ingredients for your yogurt sauce together in a small bowl. Place in refrigerator.
• To make sandwiches, toast pita, and slice pita in half. Slather the inside of each pita with the yogurt sauce. Tuck arugula into each pita.
• Slice meatballs in half and tuck halves into pitas and enjoy.

LAMB MEATBALL SANDWICHES WITH MINT-YOGURT SAUCE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the egg, onion, raisins, walnuts, mint, 1 tablespoon oil, garlic and salt. Crumble meat over mixture and mix well. Shape into 12 balls., In a large skillet, brown meatballs in remaining oil in batches. Drain on paper towels. Place on a greased rack in a shallow baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 13-15 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°., Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the sauce ingredients. Line buns with cucumber slices and arugula; fill with meatballs and drizzle with sauce.